One Year Big Blue!

1908 1pi deep blue on blue "Emperor Franz Josef"

Austria Offices in the Turkish Empire

One Year Anniversary

On February 12, 2011 the "Big Blue" blog began as a way to provide a checklist for collectors of the Scott International 1840-1940 Part I album.

Since then, 144 blog entries have been published, and 112 countries have been covered. The checklist database is expanding every week. And the scope has been enlarged to include a discussion of a countries stamps and issues, as well as adding coverage for the Deep Blue (Steiner) albums.

A deep THANK YOU to my readers. Your participation and comments have been most helpful. And THANKS to Bob of  "Filling Spaces" fame, who continues to inspire, and a must read!

And this year should be even better. :-)

There is clearly more information available now for world wide classical era collectors. We have two blogs devoted to, in part, "filling" the Scott International Part I. Not least, the blogs have demonstrated that an impressive classical collection can be accumulated without necessarily a large expense.

The intersection of history and stamps and postal history that the classical era provides, giving almost a three dimensional perspective, is hard to beat.  And the interest is worldwide, as evidenced by Big Blue's audience count. Here, listed below for your curiosity, are the stamp collecting countries that have visited Big Blue during the first year.

Top Ten Countries (Updated July, 2013)

United States

United Kingdom

Canada

Germany

Australia Italy France India Greece Netherlands

All Countries  (96 Total February 12, 2012) Update July, 2013- 158 countries. Afganiastan Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua-Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bolivia Bosnia & Herzogovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burma (Myanmar) Cambodia Cameroun Canada Cayman Islands Chile China Colombia Cook Islands Congo (P.R.C.) Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guyana Haiti Heligoland Hong Kong Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Isle of Man Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kuwait Latvia Lebanon Libya Lithuania Macao Macedonia (Republic) Madagascar Malaysia Malawi Mali Malta Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles (Curacao) New Zealand Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Palestinian Territories Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russia St Kitts & Nevis Saint Maarten Saint Vincent & the Grenadines Salvador El Saudi Arabia Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Sudan Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tanzania Thailand Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam Yemen Comments?  Please Do! Jim